Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, UK – the Ship of the Fens
Ely Cathedral, in the country of Cambridgeshire, can be seen for miles around. The central feature of this magnificent building, the fourth longest English cathedral, is the nave, a term which derives from the Latin for ship – navis. In the Middle Ages the Church thought of itself as a vessel transporting the faithful to God, and so Ely Cathedral More...
Chilkur Balaji temple closed 20 mins condemning doctor’s rape and murder
Chilkur Balaji temple authorities condemned the gang rape and murder of Veterinary doctor and closed the darshans and Pradakshinas of the worship place for twenty minutes Sunday between 11 am and 11.20 am. After More...
AIMPLB to file review petition against apex court’s Ram Janmabhoomi verdict
All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind together are paving ways to file a review petition against the recent Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid verdict of Supreme Court. However, the Uttar Pradesh More...
Former justice A.K. Ganguly: Babri Masjid demolition given premium by Supreme Court
Former Supreme Court justice A.K. Ganguly said Monday the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid cast placed a premium on the demolition of the mosque. Talking to The Wire he questioned More...
Supreme Court allows Hindus to build Ram Mandir at disputed site
The five-judge bench of Supreme Court headed by the outgoing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate SA Bobde and Justices S A Nazeer, Ashok Bhushan and DY Chandrachud delivered a unanimous verdict on Saturday More...
The Nation of Islam – Resurrecting Lazarus
In 1930, Wallace D. Fard Muhammad founded a religious organization known as the Nation of Islam in Detroit, Michigan. According to W.D Muhammad, “the sole purpose of the Nation of Islam was to resurrect the More...
Pune couple seeking women entry to mosques from apex court
New Delhi and Supreme Court are on litmus test once again on religious ground. Sentiments of Islam following people could take a different turn by November 5 when Centre is asked by the apex court to response on More...
The Six Articles of Faith in Islam
Islam is a monotheistic religion with six articles of faith: belief in One God, belief in the angels, belief in the prophets, belief in the scriptures, belief in the Day of Judgment, and belief in divine decree. Belief More...
Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid: Sunni Waqf Board withdraws claim to disputed land
Sunni Waqf Board surprisingly sent a proposal to apex court-appointed mediation panel to withdraw itself from the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on Wednesday, the last day of daily hearings. Sunni More...
Islamic Philosophy – Sufi Mysticism
Sufism is not a religion or an ethnic group, it is rather a movement that emerged among Muslims as a reaction against the worldliness of the Islamic world during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century. Muhammad More...